Christmas Prohibition Seizures Fall Short This Year
Federal agents report fewer bootlegging raids and smaller seizures ahead of Christmas, with milder activity despite tips from citizens. Officials note stills run at lower capacity, but illicit liquor remains accessible and prices stay low as demand persists. Washington chemists accuse a campaign to end government research, led by the chamber of commerce.
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Prohibition
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Calla
Terry
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Washinton Society
The
American Institute of Chemists Today
United States Chamber of Commerce
Chicago Faces New Reign Of Gang Terror
Chicago faces a looming terror as the Touhy mob, led by Roger Touhy, strengthens its grip on the city after Al Capone's imprisonment. The North Shore syndicate battles raids by authorities while Capone remnants are slain, sparking fears of a renewed violent war in Chicago’s underworld.
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Chicago
Intermaitional News
al Capone
Meyer Anton J. Cermek
Touhy
Roger Touhy
Caponites
Capone
George
Red") Barker
Harshwest
John Finella
Diot O'Bannion
Torcio
Waukegan
Charles E. Mason
Lester Tiffany
Lake County
North Shore Syndicate
Cook County
Capone Syndicate
Christmas messages from world leaders in wartime era
A collection of Christmas statements from church leaders and political figures in Chicago London and Berlin, urging charity and sacrifice at year’s end. David Lloyd George and other leaders call for peace and renewal while stressing aid for the hungry and a just postwar order.
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Archbinhas
Chicago
Der
David Lloyd, George
England
London
Germany
Berlin
Hoover Plan of Reorganization Likely Veto by Congress
Washington December 4. President Hoover’s proposed reorganizational plan covering 56 bureaus faces likely veto by Congress and assignment of the job to the incoming president Franklin D. Roosevelt. The House Expenditures Committee plans a post Christmas special session to approve a veto resolution. Chairman Cochran, a Democrat from Missouri, expects the mergers to be halted.
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INS
Hoover
Congress
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Lkely
House Expenditures Committee
Cochran
Missouri
Woman Emulates Norfleet Captures Robbery Suspect
San Antonio woman Mrs. Lorene Chases, All Broadway, Saturday single handedly detained a 46 year old man suspected of robbing her of 32 dollars three days earlier. In a crowded post office corridor she clung to him, waited for police, and turned him over to a patrolman as officers investigate the incident.
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Norbeck
San Antonio
Lorene Chases
Broadway
Bha
Mine Army Men Given Medals
The War Department awarded to Capt Eduardo Andina of the Twenty seventh Infantry and eight enlisted men the Soldier's Medal for heroically rescuing Capt B M Connor after he fell 900 feet at Pohskea Pass Island of Oshu Hawaii on January 20 1932. The party descended the cliff and carried the injured officer to a hospital as danger loomed. Recipients include Sergeant Ben H Westberry Metter Georgia Corporal John Dunn Louisville Kentucky Corporal James H Foster Columbus Georgia Corporal Sherman E Hillard Ozark Arkansas George M Felty Felty Kentucky George E Mitchell Cleveland Ohio Sylvester P Eckendor Chambersburg Pennsylvania and Grady Test Waverly Tennessee.
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War Department
Eduardo Andina
United States Infantry
Pohskea Pass
Island of Oshu
Hawaii
B. M. Connor
Ben H. Westberry
Metter
Gas
John
Dunn
Louisville
James H. Foster
Columbus
Sherman E. Hillard
Ozark
Ark
George M. Felty
Felty
George E. Mitchell
Cleveland
Sylvester P. Eckenrode
Chambersburg
Grady
Test
Waverly
Tenn
Memoirs of James Walker Stir Controversy in Paris
Walkers memoirs are ready but offer little comfort to many. James J. Walker, former New York City mayor, will reportedly discuss Queen Marie of Romania, Al Smith, Judge Benbury and other notable figures in sensational fashion, according to Frank Scully.
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Nice
France
James J. Walker
New York City
Frank Scully
Jimmy
Scully
Walker
Queen Marie of
Romania
al Smith
Judge Benbury
Masefield to Visit New York Chicago and Montreal
London reports Britain's poet John Masefield will sail Wednesday for New York, where he once worked as a bartender. He plans stops in Chicago and Montreal before returning to England in March.
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London
Britain
Isurente
John Masefield
New York
Chicago
Montreal
England
Citizens Association for America First forms in New York
A new group in New York launches a nationwide drive under the Buy American banner. Officers include Kenneth M. Scoville as president and George F. O'Neill as treasurer. Organizers say chapters will form across states to urge civic and manufacturing groups to promote American made goods and revive idle factories.
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Der
Citizens Association For America First
Ins
United States
Washington
Nathanial Ottensoser
Fifth Avenue Protective Association
France
Kenneth M. Scoville
Bouthampton
Dwight B. Opllin
Joseph B. Brakenfield Jr. Kenaurer
George F. O'Neill
O'Neill
Britain
Fugitive Captured Near Sulphur Springs Texas
W P Deckert a 43 year old fugitive from Fouke Arkansas who escaped from an escape proof jail in Shreveport and was linked to bank robberies at Gilliam Louisiana and Stamps Arkansas was captured near Sulphur Springs Texas today by Hopkins County Sheriff Reneau.
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Sulfhur Springs
Texas
INS
W. P. Deckert
Fouke
Ark
Shreveport
Gilliam
Stamps
Sherriff Reneau
Hopkins County
Valera Overthrow by Laborites Seen in Dublin
Dublin dispatch reports Laborites oppose the government plan to cut civil servant salaries, signaling possible overthrow of President Eamonn De Valera’s administration. Withdrawal of Laborite support could lead to a defeat in the Dail.
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Valera
Laborites
Dublin
Eamonn de Valera
Irish Free State
de Valera
Dall
Estate Left by Wanderwell Totals 1500 In Probate Petition
Los Angeles December 24 The Wanderwell estate of the late Captain Walter Wanderwell romantic adventurer who was killed December 5 at Long Beach by a mystery assassin aboard the yacht Carma totaled 1500 according to a probate petition filed by his widow Alpha Wanderwell age 24. The couple had two children.
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Los Angeles
INS
Walter Wanderwell
Long Beach
Calif
Pretty Alpha Wanderwoll
Rockefeller opens holiday with golf in Christmas greeting
John D Rockefeller Senior sends Christmas greetings to all mankind from Ormond Beach Florida. The 93 year old magnate observes the holiday with a message of goodwill and a round of golf at his winter home Closements accompanied by Rev George D Owen.
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John D
World Ormond Beach
Flr
John D. Rockefeller Sr
Kent Christmes
Taultl-milonpire
Closements
Rockefeller
George D. Owen
Inmate Saved From Mates At Maryland Prison
Guards at the Maryland House of Correction in Jessup quelled a minor disturbance and rescued Frank James, a privateer inmate, from a severe beating by six fellow prisoners who had named him a “traitor.” No injuries were reported, and order was restored.
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INS
Maryland House of Correction
Frank James
James
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